Top 150+ Solved Literary Criticism and Theory MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The name of Bertolt Brecht is associated with -------
a. the absurd drama
b. the epic theatre
c. comedy of humours
d. feminist theatre
Q. A light dramatic work with improbable plot and exaggerated characters iscalled ------
a. satire
b. comedy
c. farce
d. humour.
Q. The type of play in which the plot was centred round intrigues andviolent actions and which contains improbable events and sensational actions is called--------
a. meledrama
b. tragedy
c. farce
d. none of these.
Q. “Oberon” is a Masque written by ---------
a. ben johnson
b. shakespeare
c. marlow
d. dr. johnson.
Q. The French term for ‘unknotting’ ----------
a. denouement
b. due ex machina
c. decorum
d. none of these.
Q. The term -------- is applied to the falling action in a tragedy
a. catastrophe
b. catharsis
c. crisis
d. none of these
Q. The term peripetia means----------
a. recognition
b. reversal
c. both “a’ and “b”
d. neither “a” nor “b”
Q. Who among the following is not a French symbolist?
a. mallarme
b. verlaine
c. richard wagner
d. w.b. yeats
Q. The type of lyric poem that was perfected by Robert Browning.
a. dramatic monologue
b. dramatic lyric
c. dramatic romance
d. none of these.
Q. the term magic realism was originally applied to------
a. structuralist german painters
b. surrealist german painters
c. expressionist american painters
d. none of the above
Q. In prose fiction the term magic realism was associated with ---
a. gabriel garcia
b. marquez
c. salman rushdi
d. all the above
Q. The term absurd is used to refer to the place of
a. samuel becket
b. eliot
c. shakespeare
d. none of the above
Q. The author of ‘’ A Room of One’s Own’’
a. virginia wolf
b. mary elman
c. kate millet
d. ealine showalter